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Puzzle card symbols

2006-11-27T00:12:36Z

Ilikepucks: /* Proper Order */

== General ==
Some of the [[Puzzle Cards]] have playing card symbols, risk soldiers, dice, number strings, and obscure shapes on them. Each prime number card has a playing card symbol and part of a letter on it. Other cards have hidden text written in special ink.

We believe that [[Combed Thunderclap]] has put this data on the cards to help us find the Cube. The first meta puzzle solved, the Prime Number puzzle consisting of card symbols and letters, gave us the message 'I STOLE THE CUBE. HELP ME. COMBED THUNDERCLAP.' The second meta Puzzle solved, found in hidden text written on yellow letters on the Wave 4 card{{Card|223|Secret Location}} says "Five fingers point:half the world; realm; region; feature; last mystery." (Note all punctuation is added.) The solutions to these puzzles follows.

We have several more puzzles to solve.

== Prime Number Cards: Playing Cards and Large Letters==
Each card with a playing symbol also has part of a letter faintly printed over the card in a slab-serif font, and it's anticipated that arranging all the playing symbol cards in order will eventually depict the whole message. All symbols appear on cards with prime numbers. 54 Prime numbers under 256 are as follows:

2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47 53 59 61 67 71 73 79 83 89 97 101 103 107 109 113 127 131 137 139 149 151 157 163 167 173 179 181 191 193 197 199 211 223 227 229 233 239 241 251

:''See: '''[[List of Playing Cards]]''' for a plain list.''

=== Chart of cards with letters ===

Note the groupings of playing card symbols goes Club-Diamond-Heart-Spade, from Ace to 2 (ace high), forming 13 sets of 3 letters.

[[Image:Letters-on-the-cards-thumb.jpg|right]]

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The message reads:
:'''I stole [[the Cube]]. Help me. [[Combed Thunderclap]].'''

This message along with other hints lead us to [http://perplexcityacademy.com/libraryofbabel/ Library of Babel subdirectory]. [[Combed Thunderclap]] has used that site to communicate with us in a few flash updates.

== Wave 4 Meta Information ==

Note: Updated as of November 20th and should be current.
Please see '''[http://www.perplexorum.com/showthread.php?t=362 Perplexorum]''' or alternatively http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16138 for more discussion.

{| cellpadding=2 border=1
|------
|'''Card'''
|'''Upright Number'''
|'''Reversed Number'''
|'''Shape'''
|'''Risk Char'''
|'''Red Dice'''
|'''Blue Dice'''
|'''Notes'''
|------
|{{Card|029|Beware the Puzzle Monsters}}
|1-14443432.5-3
|3-232.52.51.5-1
|[[Image:029shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Card also contains playing card symbol.
|------
|{{Card|040|Baby On Board}}
|2-11444414412-3
|1-1144144414432.5-4
|[[Image:040.png]]
|2 Infantry
|Red: 5, 4, 3
|Blue: 4, 3
|Attacker wins. Defender loses two armies. Shape is contained within the side of the elephant.
|------
|{{Card|058|Breaking And Entering}}
|2-21122214-4
|4-23232.534334-1
|None
|1 Cavalry
|Red: 6, 3, 1
|Blue: 6, 4
|This card and card 60 overlay each other to create one set of red/blue dice and 1 cavalry figure. Defender wins. Attacker loses two armies.
|------
|{{Card|060|Celebration}}
|1-414141414144144441-1
|4-44444444111111111114-3
|None
|1 Cavalry
|Red: 6, 3, 1
|Blue: 6, 4
|This card and card 58 overlay each other to create one set of red/blue dice and 1 cavalry figure. Defender wins. Attacker loses two armies
|------
|{{Card|063|The Next Generation}}
|3-34-1
|2-414441141-1
|[[Image:063shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|------
|{{Card|090|Also Known As}}
|4-4444444443.5-1
|3-433333334-2
|None
|3 Infantry
|Red: 4, 4, 3
|Blue: 6, 3
|Attacker and defender lose an army each.
|------
|{{Card|094|Prime Rhyme Crime}}
|2-4111111441-2
|1-1114112321-1
|[[Image:094shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|096|Castle in The Sky}}
|1-222233332-4
|3-44411414441444112.5-4
|[[Image:096shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|------
|{{Card|136|Bling Bunny}}
|3-2333234-1
|4-143334-3
|[[Image:136shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|156|Going Dotty}}
|2-111221111112-4
|2-2232-4
|None
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical. This card has writing revealed under a black light. See below.
|------
|{{Card|188|Hybridization}}
|4-11122221412234-2
|2-21121111221-4
|[[Image:188shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are across from each other in one line.
|------
|{{Card|191|My Dear Watson}}
|2-11444444444411111111444-2
|1-344411444443-1
|[[Image:191shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|------
|{{Card|192|Pronunciation}}
|3-3333322333332-4
|1-444444114411112-1
|[[Image:192shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
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|{{Card|203|Ecliptic}}
|4-33223333234-4
|3-11144144144443-3
|None
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical.
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|{{Card|218|The World}}
|2-4444433333323-2
|1-44334-3
|[[Image:218shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
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|{{Card|222|Instigator}}
|4-1414411122-2
|3-34433333432-4
|[[Image:222shape.jpg]]
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|235|Circuitous}}
|1-4444444434444444444443-4
|4-222233332222.5-1
|[[Image:235shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
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|{{Card|236|Swarms}}
|4-4333223323-3
|3-2112223-2
|None
| 
| 
| 
| 
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|{{Card|237|Roaming Identity}}
|3-3333334433334-1
|2-1222323-2
|[[Image:237shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical. This card has micro-printing on it: "otpaaworldtdnia 1.56.29".
|------
|{{Card|250|Manoeuvers}}
|4-3322333333333332-1
|1-343-2
|[[Image:250shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|The number string 1-343-2 is in a bold font.
|------
|{{Card|253|Sightseeing}}
|1-1111211112-4
|2-111114441114114-1
|[[Image:253shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|}

=== Observations ===
* Numbers range from 1-4, including 1.5, 2.5, and 3.5.
* There are a total of 42 numbers.
* There are 42 territories in Risk.
* There are 11 numbers that start with "1-" and "2-" each, and 10 numbers that start with "3-" and "4-".
* In a 4-player game of Risk, two players start with 11 territories and two start with 10 territories.
* See the [[Number String Analysis]] page for further statistical, uh, analysis.

=== Proper Order ===
Through the help of [[Library_of_Babel#Message_6:_Time_Ticks_On|The Library of Babel]] site, the proper order of the number strings was discovered by ilikepucks. The order, paired with the cards the strings are from:

<pre>
#029+ 1-14443432.5-3
#058+ 2-21122214-4
#029- 3-232.52.51.5-1
#058- 4-23232.534334-1
#040- 1-1144144414432.5-4
#040+ 2-11444414412-3
#063+ 3-34-1
#060- 4-44444444111111111114-3
#060+ 1-414141414144144441-1
#063- 2-414441141-1
#090- 3-433333334-2
#090+ 4-4444444443.5-1
#094+ 1-1114112321-1
#094- 2-4111111441-2
#096- 3-44411414441444112.5-4
#136- 4-143334-3
#096+ 1-222233332-4
#188- 2-21121111221-4
#136+ 3-2333234-1
#188+ 4-11122221412234-2
#191- 1-344411444443-1
#191+ 2-11444444444411111111444-2
#192+ 3-3333322333332-4
#203+ 4-33223333234-4
#192- 1-444444114411112-1
#218+ 2-4444433333323-2
#203- 3-11144144144443-3
#222+ 4-1414411122-2
#218- 1-44334-3
#156+ 2-111221111112-4
#222- 3-34433333432-4
#235- 4-222233332222.5-1
#235+ 1-4444444434444444444443-4
#237- 2-1222323-2
#236- 3-2112223-2
#236+ 4-4333223323-3
#250- 1-343-2
#156- 2-2232-4
#237+ 3-3333334433334-1
#250+ 4-3322333333333332-1
#253+ 1-1111211112-4
#253- 2-111114441114114-1
</pre>

=== Speculations ===
* The ''Start Numbers'', or those before the first dash character, identify a player.
* The ''Middle Numbers'', or those between the dashes, could represent a path, where 1=South, 2=West, 3=North, 4=East.
* The ''Middle Numbers'' could represent conquests on a Risk map.
* The ''End Numbers'', or those after the second dash, could identify a player who ends up in control of a territory in Risk. There are 9 numbers that end in "2"; there are 9 regions in North America on a Risk board. There are 7 that end in "3"; there are 7 regions in Risk's Europe. There are 12 numbers that end in "4"; there are 12 regions in Risk's Asia. There are 14 that end in "1"; there are 14 regions in Risk's South America, Africa, and Australia continents combined.
=== Further Work ===
PerplexHero put the following shape together by joining the various map pieces together in card order. See the [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=270299#270299 original post] for a zip file containing a hi-res version.

|[[Image:Map1.jpg]]

==Individual Puzzle Card Meta Puzzles==

* '''{{Card|084|Insights}}''' Wave 3 contains the following number string: "27.55.25.34.4.43.500.15.18.55.13.1.10.30.56.55.39.21.7.16.27.55.25.69.29.35.62.55"

**The card this is from relates to a few websites. We have been flummoxed by the number .500 included in the number string. People have noted the repeat of the number 55 and the series of numbers 27.55.25.

* '''{{Card|156|Going Dotty}}''' Wave 4 contains the following message in hidden ink (although it has been noted that the degree of bold for each stone varies):

'''RUBIESDIAMONDS'''EMERALD
S'''TOPAZ'''AMETHYSTS'''SAPPHI'''
'''RESRUBIESDIAMONDS'''EMER
ALDS'''TOPAZ'''AMETHYSTS'''SAP'''
'''PHIRESRUBIESDIAMONDS'''E
MERALDS'''TOPAZ'''AMETHYSTS
'''SAPPHIRESRUBIESDIAMON'''
'''DS'''EMERALDS'''TOPAZ'''AMETHY
STS'''SAPPHIRESRUBIESDIA'''
'''MONDS'''EMERALDS'''TOPAZ'''AME
THYSTS'''SAPPHIRESRUBIES'''

**This may relate to {{Card|030|End of the Line}} which contains the following quotation from [[Gyvann]]:
"Precious are the stones, my children, precious that which is dug from the
earth. Precious are the rubies, the diamonds, the emeralds and the topaz. I
held fast to the amethysts. They mingled them with sapphires, so I threw
them both from me. Only one choice remained and from then nothing was
right. My children I did not despair, as you must not despair. A quadru-
ped appeared before me, its middle leg held proudly forward. I turned my
back to it and strode forward. But after only 20 ammot the light was upon
me. Precious, my children, is the light."

*'''{{Card|146|You are Cordially Invited}}''' which contains the following text visible under black-light:
Electric Splash
BB, 21 to 24
4: C, V, K, Q
20, V to 24

**We think these are the instructions given to the original Cube thieves about the night of the theft.

* '''{{Card|237|Roaming Identity}}''' contains the following text printed in tiny writing:
otpaaworldtdnia 1.56.29

**Anagrams and other things have been tried not yet successfully. The title of the card might have something to do with this.

*''' {{Card|223|Secret Location}}''' Unrelated to the others, in a hard-to-see yellow text it says "100, 139, 6, 148, 62, 127, 118, 119, 131, 151, 146, 88, 135, 107, 112, 152, 124, 150, 130, 100, 147, 93, 121, 149, 134, 144, 126, 98, 133, 103, 143, 116, 63, 111, 91, 101, 70, 61, 105, 62, 76, 117, 123, 84, 102, 89, 115, 96, 137, 92, 85, 122, 87, 53, 104, 90, 145". 

**This message was [[Secret_Location_Meta_Information_Solution|successfully decoded]] on the 30th of October, 2006. It says:

{{quote}}
Five fingers point 

half the world 
realm 
region 
feature 
last mystery 
|}

*Possible puzzle data '''{{Card|242|Ciphers of History}}''' This data is described as "dim letters on the stem of the R which spell out the chars 2, 10 and 11. From left to right top to bottom, a no7 shape to each repectively."

**When solved in the same method as the card, these characters translate to 464 which stands for ER. Note that in solving the puzzle some of the letters had to be switched it could be ES or DR?

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Puzzle card symbols

2006-11-27T00:12:12Z

Ilikepucks: /* Proper Order */

== General ==
Some of the [[Puzzle Cards]] have playing card symbols, risk soldiers, dice, number strings, and obscure shapes on them. Each prime number card has a playing card symbol and part of a letter on it. Other cards have hidden text written in special ink.

We believe that [[Combed Thunderclap]] has put this data on the cards to help us find the Cube. The first meta puzzle solved, the Prime Number puzzle consisting of card symbols and letters, gave us the message 'I STOLE THE CUBE. HELP ME. COMBED THUNDERCLAP.' The second meta Puzzle solved, found in hidden text written on yellow letters on the Wave 4 card{{Card|223|Secret Location}} says "Five fingers point:half the world; realm; region; feature; last mystery." (Note all punctuation is added.) The solutions to these puzzles follows.

We have several more puzzles to solve.

== Prime Number Cards: Playing Cards and Large Letters==
Each card with a playing symbol also has part of a letter faintly printed over the card in a slab-serif font, and it's anticipated that arranging all the playing symbol cards in order will eventually depict the whole message. All symbols appear on cards with prime numbers. 54 Prime numbers under 256 are as follows:

2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47 53 59 61 67 71 73 79 83 89 97 101 103 107 109 113 127 131 137 139 149 151 157 163 167 173 179 181 191 193 197 199 211 223 227 229 233 239 241 251

:''See: '''[[List of Playing Cards]]''' for a plain list.''

=== Chart of cards with letters ===

Note the groupings of playing card symbols goes Club-Diamond-Heart-Spade, from Ace to 2 (ace high), forming 13 sets of 3 letters.

[[Image:Letters-on-the-cards-thumb.jpg|right]]

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The message reads:
:'''I stole [[the Cube]]. Help me. [[Combed Thunderclap]].'''

This message along with other hints lead us to [http://perplexcityacademy.com/libraryofbabel/ Library of Babel subdirectory]. [[Combed Thunderclap]] has used that site to communicate with us in a few flash updates.

== Wave 4 Meta Information ==

Note: Updated as of November 20th and should be current.
Please see '''[http://www.perplexorum.com/showthread.php?t=362 Perplexorum]''' or alternatively http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16138 for more discussion.

{| cellpadding=2 border=1
|------
|'''Card'''
|'''Upright Number'''
|'''Reversed Number'''
|'''Shape'''
|'''Risk Char'''
|'''Red Dice'''
|'''Blue Dice'''
|'''Notes'''
|------
|{{Card|029|Beware the Puzzle Monsters}}
|1-14443432.5-3
|3-232.52.51.5-1
|[[Image:029shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Card also contains playing card symbol.
|------
|{{Card|040|Baby On Board}}
|2-11444414412-3
|1-1144144414432.5-4
|[[Image:040.png]]
|2 Infantry
|Red: 5, 4, 3
|Blue: 4, 3
|Attacker wins. Defender loses two armies. Shape is contained within the side of the elephant.
|------
|{{Card|058|Breaking And Entering}}
|2-21122214-4
|4-23232.534334-1
|None
|1 Cavalry
|Red: 6, 3, 1
|Blue: 6, 4
|This card and card 60 overlay each other to create one set of red/blue dice and 1 cavalry figure. Defender wins. Attacker loses two armies.
|------
|{{Card|060|Celebration}}
|1-414141414144144441-1
|4-44444444111111111114-3
|None
|1 Cavalry
|Red: 6, 3, 1
|Blue: 6, 4
|This card and card 58 overlay each other to create one set of red/blue dice and 1 cavalry figure. Defender wins. Attacker loses two armies
|------
|{{Card|063|The Next Generation}}
|3-34-1
|2-414441141-1
|[[Image:063shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|------
|{{Card|090|Also Known As}}
|4-4444444443.5-1
|3-433333334-2
|None
|3 Infantry
|Red: 4, 4, 3
|Blue: 6, 3
|Attacker and defender lose an army each.
|------
|{{Card|094|Prime Rhyme Crime}}
|2-4111111441-2
|1-1114112321-1
|[[Image:094shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|096|Castle in The Sky}}
|1-222233332-4
|3-44411414441444112.5-4
|[[Image:096shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|------
|{{Card|136|Bling Bunny}}
|3-2333234-1
|4-143334-3
|[[Image:136shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|156|Going Dotty}}
|2-111221111112-4
|2-2232-4
|None
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical. This card has writing revealed under a black light. See below.
|------
|{{Card|188|Hybridization}}
|4-11122221412234-2
|2-21121111221-4
|[[Image:188shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are across from each other in one line.
|------
|{{Card|191|My Dear Watson}}
|2-11444444444411111111444-2
|1-344411444443-1
|[[Image:191shape.png]]
| 
| 
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|{{Card|192|Pronunciation}}
|3-3333322333332-4
|1-444444114411112-1
|[[Image:192shape.png]]
| 
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|{{Card|203|Ecliptic}}
|4-33223333234-4
|3-11144144144443-3
|None
| 
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| 
|Numbers are vertical.
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|{{Card|218|The World}}
|2-4444433333323-2
|1-44334-3
|[[Image:218shape.png]]
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|{{Card|222|Instigator}}
|4-1414411122-2
|3-34433333432-4
|[[Image:222shape.jpg]]
| 
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|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|235|Circuitous}}
|1-4444444434444444444443-4
|4-222233332222.5-1
|[[Image:235shape.png]]
| 
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|{{Card|236|Swarms}}
|4-4333223323-3
|3-2112223-2
|None
| 
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|{{Card|237|Roaming Identity}}
|3-3333334433334-1
|2-1222323-2
|[[Image:237shape.png]]
| 
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| 
|Numbers are vertical. This card has micro-printing on it: "otpaaworldtdnia 1.56.29".
|------
|{{Card|250|Manoeuvers}}
|4-3322333333333332-1
|1-343-2
|[[Image:250shape.png]]
| 
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|The number string 1-343-2 is in a bold font.
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|{{Card|253|Sightseeing}}
|1-1111211112-4
|2-111114441114114-1
|[[Image:253shape.png]]
| 
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=== Observations ===
* Numbers range from 1-4, including 1.5, 2.5, and 3.5.
* There are a total of 42 numbers.
* There are 42 territories in Risk.
* There are 11 numbers that start with "1-" and "2-" each, and 10 numbers that start with "3-" and "4-".
* In a 4-player game of Risk, two players start with 11 territories and two start with 10 territories.
* See the [[Number String Analysis]] page for further statistical, uh, analysis.

=== Proper Order ===
Through the help of [[Library_of_Babel#Message_6:_Time_Ticks_On|The Library of Babel]] site, the proper order of the number strings was discovered by ilikepucks. The order, pared with the cards the strings are from:

<pre>
#029+ 1-14443432.5-3
#058+ 2-21122214-4
#029- 3-232.52.51.5-1
#058- 4-23232.534334-1
#040- 1-1144144414432.5-4
#040+ 2-11444414412-3
#063+ 3-34-1
#060- 4-44444444111111111114-3
#060+ 1-414141414144144441-1
#063- 2-414441141-1
#090- 3-433333334-2
#090+ 4-4444444443.5-1
#094+ 1-1114112321-1
#094- 2-4111111441-2
#096- 3-44411414441444112.5-4
#136- 4-143334-3
#096+ 1-222233332-4
#188- 2-21121111221-4
#136+ 3-2333234-1
#188+ 4-11122221412234-2
#191- 1-344411444443-1
#191+ 2-11444444444411111111444-2
#192+ 3-3333322333332-4
#203+ 4-33223333234-4
#192- 1-444444114411112-1
#218+ 2-4444433333323-2
#203- 3-11144144144443-3
#222+ 4-1414411122-2
#218- 1-44334-3
#156+ 2-111221111112-4
#222- 3-34433333432-4
#235- 4-222233332222.5-1
#235+ 1-4444444434444444444443-4
#237- 2-1222323-2
#236- 3-2112223-2
#236+ 4-4333223323-3
#250- 1-343-2
#156- 2-2232-4
#237+ 3-3333334433334-1
#250+ 4-3322333333333332-1
#253+ 1-1111211112-4
#253- 2-111114441114114-1
</pre>

=== Speculations ===
* The ''Start Numbers'', or those before the first dash character, identify a player.
* The ''Middle Numbers'', or those between the dashes, could represent a path, where 1=South, 2=West, 3=North, 4=East.
* The ''Middle Numbers'' could represent conquests on a Risk map.
* The ''End Numbers'', or those after the second dash, could identify a player who ends up in control of a territory in Risk. There are 9 numbers that end in "2"; there are 9 regions in North America on a Risk board. There are 7 that end in "3"; there are 7 regions in Risk's Europe. There are 12 numbers that end in "4"; there are 12 regions in Risk's Asia. There are 14 that end in "1"; there are 14 regions in Risk's South America, Africa, and Australia continents combined.
=== Further Work ===
PerplexHero put the following shape together by joining the various map pieces together in card order. See the [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=270299#270299 original post] for a zip file containing a hi-res version.

|[[Image:Map1.jpg]]

==Individual Puzzle Card Meta Puzzles==

* '''{{Card|084|Insights}}''' Wave 3 contains the following number string: "27.55.25.34.4.43.500.15.18.55.13.1.10.30.56.55.39.21.7.16.27.55.25.69.29.35.62.55"

**The card this is from relates to a few websites. We have been flummoxed by the number .500 included in the number string. People have noted the repeat of the number 55 and the series of numbers 27.55.25.

* '''{{Card|156|Going Dotty}}''' Wave 4 contains the following message in hidden ink (although it has been noted that the degree of bold for each stone varies):

'''RUBIESDIAMONDS'''EMERALD
S'''TOPAZ'''AMETHYSTS'''SAPPHI'''
'''RESRUBIESDIAMONDS'''EMER
ALDS'''TOPAZ'''AMETHYSTS'''SAP'''
'''PHIRESRUBIESDIAMONDS'''E
MERALDS'''TOPAZ'''AMETHYSTS
'''SAPPHIRESRUBIESDIAMON'''
'''DS'''EMERALDS'''TOPAZ'''AMETHY
STS'''SAPPHIRESRUBIESDIA'''
'''MONDS'''EMERALDS'''TOPAZ'''AME
THYSTS'''SAPPHIRESRUBIES'''

**This may relate to {{Card|030|End of the Line}} which contains the following quotation from [[Gyvann]]:
"Precious are the stones, my children, precious that which is dug from the
earth. Precious are the rubies, the diamonds, the emeralds and the topaz. I
held fast to the amethysts. They mingled them with sapphires, so I threw
them both from me. Only one choice remained and from then nothing was
right. My children I did not despair, as you must not despair. A quadru-
ped appeared before me, its middle leg held proudly forward. I turned my
back to it and strode forward. But after only 20 ammot the light was upon
me. Precious, my children, is the light."

*'''{{Card|146|You are Cordially Invited}}''' which contains the following text visible under black-light:
Electric Splash
BB, 21 to 24
4: C, V, K, Q
20, V to 24

**We think these are the instructions given to the original Cube thieves about the night of the theft.

* '''{{Card|237|Roaming Identity}}''' contains the following text printed in tiny writing:
otpaaworldtdnia 1.56.29

**Anagrams and other things have been tried not yet successfully. The title of the card might have something to do with this.

*''' {{Card|223|Secret Location}}''' Unrelated to the others, in a hard-to-see yellow text it says "100, 139, 6, 148, 62, 127, 118, 119, 131, 151, 146, 88, 135, 107, 112, 152, 124, 150, 130, 100, 147, 93, 121, 149, 134, 144, 126, 98, 133, 103, 143, 116, 63, 111, 91, 101, 70, 61, 105, 62, 76, 117, 123, 84, 102, 89, 115, 96, 137, 92, 85, 122, 87, 53, 104, 90, 145". 

**This message was [[Secret_Location_Meta_Information_Solution|successfully decoded]] on the 30th of October, 2006. It says:

{{quote}}
Five fingers point 

half the world 
realm 
region 
feature 
last mystery 
|}

*Possible puzzle data '''{{Card|242|Ciphers of History}}''' This data is described as "dim letters on the stem of the R which spell out the chars 2, 10 and 11. From left to right top to bottom, a no7 shape to each repectively."

**When solved in the same method as the card, these characters translate to 464 which stands for ER. Note that in solving the puzzle some of the letters had to be switched it could be ES or DR?

-----

{{CardCat}}

Puzzle card symbols

2006-11-27T00:09:51Z

Ilikepucks: /* Proper Order */

== General ==
Some of the [[Puzzle Cards]] have playing card symbols, risk soldiers, dice, number strings, and obscure shapes on them. Each prime number card has a playing card symbol and part of a letter on it. Other cards have hidden text written in special ink.

We believe that [[Combed Thunderclap]] has put this data on the cards to help us find the Cube. The first meta puzzle solved, the Prime Number puzzle consisting of card symbols and letters, gave us the message 'I STOLE THE CUBE. HELP ME. COMBED THUNDERCLAP.' The second meta Puzzle solved, found in hidden text written on yellow letters on the Wave 4 card{{Card|223|Secret Location}} says "Five fingers point:half the world; realm; region; feature; last mystery." (Note all punctuation is added.) The solutions to these puzzles follows.

We have several more puzzles to solve.

== Prime Number Cards: Playing Cards and Large Letters==
Each card with a playing symbol also has part of a letter faintly printed over the card in a slab-serif font, and it's anticipated that arranging all the playing symbol cards in order will eventually depict the whole message. All symbols appear on cards with prime numbers. 54 Prime numbers under 256 are as follows:

2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47 53 59 61 67 71 73 79 83 89 97 101 103 107 109 113 127 131 137 139 149 151 157 163 167 173 179 181 191 193 197 199 211 223 227 229 233 239 241 251

:''See: '''[[List of Playing Cards]]''' for a plain list.''

=== Chart of cards with letters ===

Note the groupings of playing card symbols goes Club-Diamond-Heart-Spade, from Ace to 2 (ace high), forming 13 sets of 3 letters.

[[Image:Letters-on-the-cards-thumb.jpg|right]]

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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=239 239]
|
|
|
|
|-----
|}

The message reads:
:'''I stole [[the Cube]]. Help me. [[Combed Thunderclap]].'''

This message along with other hints lead us to [http://perplexcityacademy.com/libraryofbabel/ Library of Babel subdirectory]. [[Combed Thunderclap]] has used that site to communicate with us in a few flash updates.

== Wave 4 Meta Information ==

Note: Updated as of November 20th and should be current.
Please see '''[http://www.perplexorum.com/showthread.php?t=362 Perplexorum]''' or alternatively http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16138 for more discussion.

{| cellpadding=2 border=1
|------
|'''Card'''
|'''Upright Number'''
|'''Reversed Number'''
|'''Shape'''
|'''Risk Char'''
|'''Red Dice'''
|'''Blue Dice'''
|'''Notes'''
|------
|{{Card|029|Beware the Puzzle Monsters}}
|1-14443432.5-3
|3-232.52.51.5-1
|[[Image:029shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Card also contains playing card symbol.
|------
|{{Card|040|Baby On Board}}
|2-11444414412-3
|1-1144144414432.5-4
|[[Image:040.png]]
|2 Infantry
|Red: 5, 4, 3
|Blue: 4, 3
|Attacker wins. Defender loses two armies. Shape is contained within the side of the elephant.
|------
|{{Card|058|Breaking And Entering}}
|2-21122214-4
|4-23232.534334-1
|None
|1 Cavalry
|Red: 6, 3, 1
|Blue: 6, 4
|This card and card 60 overlay each other to create one set of red/blue dice and 1 cavalry figure. Defender wins. Attacker loses two armies.
|------
|{{Card|060|Celebration}}
|1-414141414144144441-1
|4-44444444111111111114-3
|None
|1 Cavalry
|Red: 6, 3, 1
|Blue: 6, 4
|This card and card 58 overlay each other to create one set of red/blue dice and 1 cavalry figure. Defender wins. Attacker loses two armies
|------
|{{Card|063|The Next Generation}}
|3-34-1
|2-414441141-1
|[[Image:063shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|------
|{{Card|090|Also Known As}}
|4-4444444443.5-1
|3-433333334-2
|None
|3 Infantry
|Red: 4, 4, 3
|Blue: 6, 3
|Attacker and defender lose an army each.
|------
|{{Card|094|Prime Rhyme Crime}}
|2-4111111441-2
|1-1114112321-1
|[[Image:094shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|096|Castle in The Sky}}
|1-222233332-4
|3-44411414441444112.5-4
|[[Image:096shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|------
|{{Card|136|Bling Bunny}}
|3-2333234-1
|4-143334-3
|[[Image:136shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|156|Going Dotty}}
|2-111221111112-4
|2-2232-4
|None
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical. This card has writing revealed under a black light. See below.
|------
|{{Card|188|Hybridization}}
|4-11122221412234-2
|2-21121111221-4
|[[Image:188shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are across from each other in one line.
|------
|{{Card|191|My Dear Watson}}
|2-11444444444411111111444-2
|1-344411444443-1
|[[Image:191shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|------
|{{Card|192|Pronunciation}}
|3-3333322333332-4
|1-444444114411112-1
|[[Image:192shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|------
|{{Card|203|Ecliptic}}
|4-33223333234-4
|3-11144144144443-3
|None
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|218|The World}}
|2-4444433333323-2
|1-44334-3
|[[Image:218shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|------
|{{Card|222|Instigator}}
|4-1414411122-2
|3-34433333432-4
|[[Image:222shape.jpg]]
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|235|Circuitous}}
|1-4444444434444444444443-4
|4-222233332222.5-1
|[[Image:235shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|------
|{{Card|236|Swarms}}
|4-4333223323-3
|3-2112223-2
|None
| 
| 
| 
| 
|------
|{{Card|237|Roaming Identity}}
|3-3333334433334-1
|2-1222323-2
|[[Image:237shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|Numbers are vertical. This card has micro-printing on it: "otpaaworldtdnia 1.56.29".
|------
|{{Card|250|Manoeuvers}}
|4-3322333333333332-1
|1-343-2
|[[Image:250shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
|The number string 1-343-2 is in a bold font.
|------
|{{Card|253|Sightseeing}}
|1-1111211112-4
|2-111114441114114-1
|[[Image:253shape.png]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|}

=== Observations ===
* Numbers range from 1-4, including 1.5, 2.5, and 3.5.
* There are a total of 42 numbers.
* There are 42 territories in Risk.
* There are 11 numbers that start with "1-" and "2-" each, and 10 numbers that start with "3-" and "4-".
* In a 4-player game of Risk, two players start with 11 territories and two start with 10 territories.
* See the [[Number String Analysis]] page for further statistical, uh, analysis.

=== Proper Order ===
Through the help of [[Library_of_Babel#Message_6:_Time_Ticks_On|The Library of Babel]] site, the proper order of the number strings has discovered by ilikepucks. The order, pared with the cards the strings are from:

<pre>
#029+ 1-14443432.5-3
#058+ 2-21122214-4
#029- 3-232.52.51.5-1
#058- 4-23232.534334-1
#040- 1-1144144414432.5-4
#040+ 2-11444414412-3
#063+ 3-34-1
#060- 4-44444444111111111114-3
#060+ 1-414141414144144441-1
#063- 2-414441141-1
#090- 3-433333334-2
#090+ 4-4444444443.5-1
#094+ 1-1114112321-1
#094- 2-4111111441-2
#096- 3-44411414441444112.5-4
#136- 4-143334-3
#096+ 1-222233332-4
#188- 2-21121111221-4
#136+ 3-2333234-1
#188+ 4-11122221412234-2
#191- 1-344411444443-1
#191+ 2-11444444444411111111444-2
#192+ 3-3333322333332-4
#203+ 4-33223333234-4
#192- 1-444444114411112-1
#218+ 2-4444433333323-2
#203- 3-11144144144443-3
#222+ 4-1414411122-2
#218- 1-44334-3
#156+ 2-111221111112-4
#222- 3-34433333432-4
#235- 4-222233332222.5-1
#235+ 1-4444444434444444444443-4
#237- 2-1222323-2
#236- 3-2112223-2
#236+ 4-4333223323-3
#250- 1-343-2
#156- 2-2232-4
#237+ 3-3333334433334-1
#250+ 4-3322333333333332-1
#253+ 1-1111211112-4
#253- 2-111114441114114-1
</pre>

=== Speculations ===
* The ''Start Numbers'', or those before the first dash character, identify a player.
* The ''Middle Numbers'', or those between the dashes, could represent a path, where 1=South, 2=West, 3=North, 4=East.
* The ''Middle Numbers'' could represent conquests on a Risk map.
* The ''End Numbers'', or those after the second dash, could identify a player who ends up in control of a territory in Risk. There are 9 numbers that end in "2"; there are 9 regions in North America on a Risk board. There are 7 that end in "3"; there are 7 regions in Risk's Europe. There are 12 numbers that end in "4"; there are 12 regions in Risk's Asia. There are 14 that end in "1"; there are 14 regions in Risk's South America, Africa, and Australia continents combined.
=== Further Work ===
PerplexHero put the following shape together by joining the various map pieces together in card order. See the [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=270299#270299 original post] for a zip file containing a hi-res version.

|[[Image:Map1.jpg]]

==Individual Puzzle Card Meta Puzzles==

* '''{{Card|084|Insights}}''' Wave 3 contains the following number string: "27.55.25.34.4.43.500.15.18.55.13.1.10.30.56.55.39.21.7.16.27.55.25.69.29.35.62.55"

**The card this is from relates to a few websites. We have been flummoxed by the number .500 included in the number string. People have noted the repeat of the number 55 and the series of numbers 27.55.25.

* '''{{Card|156|Going Dotty}}''' Wave 4 contains the following message in hidden ink (although it has been noted that the degree of bold for each stone varies):

'''RUBIESDIAMONDS'''EMERALD
S'''TOPAZ'''AMETHYSTS'''SAPPHI'''
'''RESRUBIESDIAMONDS'''EMER
ALDS'''TOPAZ'''AMETHYSTS'''SAP'''
'''PHIRESRUBIESDIAMONDS'''E
MERALDS'''TOPAZ'''AMETHYSTS
'''SAPPHIRESRUBIESDIAMON'''
'''DS'''EMERALDS'''TOPAZ'''AMETHY
STS'''SAPPHIRESRUBIESDIA'''
'''MONDS'''EMERALDS'''TOPAZ'''AME
THYSTS'''SAPPHIRESRUBIES'''

**This may relate to {{Card|030|End of the Line}} which contains the following quotation from [[Gyvann]]:
"Precious are the stones, my children, precious that which is dug from the
earth. Precious are the rubies, the diamonds, the emeralds and the topaz. I
held fast to the amethysts. They mingled them with sapphires, so I threw
them both from me. Only one choice remained and from then nothing was
right. My children I did not despair, as you must not despair. A quadru-
ped appeared before me, its middle leg held proudly forward. I turned my
back to it and strode forward. But after only 20 ammot the light was upon
me. Precious, my children, is the light."

*'''{{Card|146|You are Cordially Invited}}''' which contains the following text visible under black-light:
Electric Splash
BB, 21 to 24
4: C, V, K, Q
20, V to 24

**We think these are the instructions given to the original Cube thieves about the night of the theft.

* '''{{Card|237|Roaming Identity}}''' contains the following text printed in tiny writing:
otpaaworldtdnia 1.56.29

**Anagrams and other things have been tried not yet successfully. The title of the card might have something to do with this.

*''' {{Card|223|Secret Location}}''' Unrelated to the others, in a hard-to-see yellow text it says "100, 139, 6, 148, 62, 127, 118, 119, 131, 151, 146, 88, 135, 107, 112, 152, 124, 150, 130, 100, 147, 93, 121, 149, 134, 144, 126, 98, 133, 103, 143, 116, 63, 111, 91, 101, 70, 61, 105, 62, 76, 117, 123, 84, 102, 89, 115, 96, 137, 92, 85, 122, 87, 53, 104, 90, 145". 

**This message was [[Secret_Location_Meta_Information_Solution|successfully decoded]] on the 30th of October, 2006. It says:

{{quote}}
Five fingers point 

half the world 
realm 
region 
feature 
last mystery 
|}

*Possible puzzle data '''{{Card|242|Ciphers of History}}''' This data is described as "dim letters on the stem of the R which spell out the chars 2, 10 and 11. From left to right top to bottom, a no7 shape to each repectively."

**When solved in the same method as the card, these characters translate to 464 which stands for ER. Note that in solving the puzzle some of the letters had to be switched it could be ES or DR?

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